Show leaves Sturgis in stitches

Sturges-Young Auditorium attracted a healthy mix of young and old comedy fans at Saturday night’s comedy show, which included an unexpected opening act featuring Tim Sullivan from XM Radio.

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By Laura Kurella

Sturgis Journal - Sturgis, MI

By Laura Kurella

Posted Nov. 18, 2013 at 8:00 AM

By Laura Kurella

Posted Nov. 18, 2013 at 8:00 AM

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Sturges-Young Auditorium attracted a healthy mix of young and old comedy fans at Saturday night’s comedy show, which included an unexpected opening act featuring Tim Sullivan from XM Radio.

Opening his act by saying, “When I heard I was going to Sturgis I was like, ‘Yeah! Bikers and chicks throwing their bra at me!” Then he threw his hands in the air with a questioned look on his face before saying, “Wrong Sturgis!”

Bouncing from subjects that included family matters, personal health problems, marriage, women’s habits and finding a restroom in Las Vegas, Sullivan also touched on his personal dislike for Aldi’s, which includes the charging of 25 cents for a cart or a bag, before describing his shopping experiences there by saying, “Aldi’s - a store that has almost what you are looking for, but not exactly. Instead of Little Debbie snack cakes they have Big Debbie’s buns.”

Hitting the stage like a ball of fire, Greg Hahn began his act on a high, super-energized note and then held it there throughout his entire hour-long performance.

Firing off jokes as if they were rounds of ammunition in a machine gun, Hahn never let a single minute pass without drawing the audience into another round of rip-roaring laughter.

Describing himself as single with no children, Hahn described some of his dating experiences, saying that he has learned its best to keep women guessing, “So I took the girl out to dinner and I ordered for both of us and said, ‘I’ll have the surf and turf and a bottle of wine and she will have the hot dog.’ Then when the bill came, I gave it to her — bam! She didn’t see that coming!”

He then confessed that he doesn’t take any medication, but if he did, he would take Zoloft, Paxil and Prozac all at once so he could be super anti-depressed.

“If you took all those pills, stress would have no effect on you so if someone would say to you, ‘We’ve found you guilty!’ you’d be like, ‘Good, I like the color orange!”

Touching on the joys of jury duty, job-hunting, armed services, looking for a wife, and his own mental health, Hahn had no trouble turning any subject into sidesplitting humor!

“Man that guy’s funny!” said Mike Wilson of Sturgis, just after the show.

“I’ve heard him on Bob & Tom hundreds of times and he’s a lot funnier in person. I laughed so hard tonight, my face hurts. My cheeks hurt!”

Page 2 of 2 - Wilson said Hahn is one of his favorites because he is family-friendly fun.

“I like him because he doesn’t use bad words. I am so glad I got to see him here in Sturgis. It was good show.”